Ilan Dei Studio[1] just released a woodsy set of indoor furnishings called the Urban Log Collection. Inspired by the logs[2] they found lying near their Venice Beach studio, the new furniture line uses themes of “urban renewal” to bring new life to chopped-down trees that would otherwise become firewood. As in nature, each piece has its own unique qualities, although the finished logs are cohesively tied together by three independent industrial elements: safety-orange tube, orange colored upholstery and a smoky copper-tinted mirror.

Ilan Dei Studio interiors[1] focus on soothing the over-crowed and over-stimulated mind. Their designs are stripped of excesses to promote one strong clear message encouraging powerful emotion. This Venice, CA design studio created the A.N.T. Gallery as a forum for discourse between art, nature and technology. Ilan Dei studios coordinate this dynamic dialog with the design of their interiors and products. By bringing together reclaimed woods[3] and concepts of “urban renewal” yet still keeping true to a simple and clean form, Ilan Dei studio’s designs become a place for the discussion of what they self-indentify as “lush modernism.”

It’s expected that each future series of Urban Logs will continue to change species, since there is such a great plethora of tree species in the Los Angeles[4] area. This design may actually bring a new sullen joy to California’s yearly unfortunate forest fires.